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IHROIGH THE PINES 

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Information. 

Any inquiries that ma> be suggested by the pictures, or by any statements that have been made, will 
be graciously considered upon request by mail to J. L. Scotchler, Berkeley, California. 

Arrangements can jjf aiade for procuring large copies of the vnrious pictures for framing. 

Sets of any number.Ofnhe pictures can be obtained, including the cover, at special rates which uill be 
made upon application as above. 

The publishers desire to e.xpress their thanks to all who have assisted by suggestions in preparing this 
collection: 10 J. C. Rowell, Esq., Librarian of the University, for data; to Prof. Wm. Carey Jones, for 
f -rmission to publish several pictures included in his History of the University; and to J. B. Reinstein, hsq., 
for copies of the Hearst Prospectus and Architectural Plan. 



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THE I'HINCIPAI, Kl'SINEWl CENTER (if THE TOWN 



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THE SAME 

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CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE 



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LOOKIN'i; WEST FROM NORTH BERKELEY. SAN FRANCISCO BAY ANIl THE MAEIN COVNTY HILLS IN THE BACKGROUND 




THE UNIVERSITY GROUNDS 

GENERAL VIEW FRtf-M THE NORTH 



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OAK GROVE 

AT LOWER END OF CAMPUS. UNIVERSITY GROUNDS 



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UNIVERSITY LIBRARY' AND ART GALLERY 



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THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 
Old and New 

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INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND THE ELIND 



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THE BEAR HUNT 

STATliE BY DOL'liLASS TILDEN (DEAF MX'TE) 

IN THE GROV.NDS OP THE INSTITUTION 

FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND 



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RESIDENCE OF PROF. F. V. PAGET, Dwir.HT Way 







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THE OLD BITLDING SHOWN IN THE TPPER Cf.RNER WAS BUILT IN 187.5. IT WAS THE FIRST PROTESTANT CHfRCH IK BERKELEY. IT IS NOW A PART OF THE TOWN'S HIi:H SCHOOL. 




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MTUDENTS' OBfiERVATORY 



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SOME BERKELEY CHURCHES 



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of this work is to show in an effective way the physical features of the gi'eat college town that is rising 
at the western gateway of our nation's domain. No attempt has been made to rehearse details 
of history, and reference is made only to such plain facts of previous years as seem indispensable 
to a proper understanding of the town's present status and future prospects. The growth of the 
place has been so interwoven with that of the great institution of learning on its hills, that what is 
said of either needs no repetition for the other. 

The pictures have been selected with the view of presenting characteristic scenes, and of showing 
contrasts of growth and development. Some are from photographs taken several years ago, but the greater 
number are from photographs taken during the months of December, 1897, and January, 1898. 

The grounds of the University and the buildings thereon have received special attention, as they con- 
stitute the nucleus around which the town has been formed. 

it is believed that Berkeley should be made more familiar to the people of our country, and that there 
can be no better method of accomplishing that end than by the dissemination of a pictorial medium of 
information. 

This is the first effort in that behalf. Patient inspection is asked for it, and cooperation to ensure the 
success of its mission. 



The Town and the Colleges 

THE Town of Berkeley is the home of the University of California, and its growth and cieN'elopinent have 
been commensurate with the progress of tiiat institution. Tiie possibility of a village came with the 
selection of the site for the colleaes. This selection was made in ICS58. The name Berkeley was adopted 
in 1866. but no steps were taken to build a city until the State of California in 1868 decided to establish a 
university. 

The earliest buildings were erected in 1872. when the surrounding country was occupied only by 
f-ums and orchards. In 1873 they were first occupied by classes. In 1878 the town was mcorporated 
under a special charter by act of the legislature. In 189s another charter was granted by the State, 
and under the more appropriate conditions of this later document Berkeley is rapidlv' taking a leading 
position in the ranks of modern cities. 

Berkeley lies on the slopes of the hills, facing west and looking out upon and 
across the waters of the great Bay of San Francisco. 

Just ten miles west from the shore stands the world-famous Golden Gate barring the boisterous 
onsl-uicrht of theare at Pacific Ocean and daily permitting just enough of its ardent tide to rush head- 
long tluough the rocky opening to cleanse, to purify and to renew the toiling waters of this inland sea. 

The area of Berkeley is about nine square miles; its domain extends eastward fr,.m the waters of 
the bay. some three miles to an elevation of seven hundred teet on tlie foothills ot the Coast Range; its 
population is between twelve and thirteen tho'-^'o.l 



lousand. 



University of California 

In treating this subject it has been deemed best to quote directly from writings already before the pub- 
lic. The great institution, her history, progress, needs and future prospects have been so well presented 
by those who have at heart her highest interests and destiny that no words of ours could better impress our 
purpose. 

On August 31, 1897, there was issued at San Francisco a Prospectus for an Architectural Plan of the 
University of California. This document is in the main as follows : 

"The Uni\'ersity of California has undertaken an enterprise which it is hoped to make one of the 
most notable in the history of architecture; and in this hope it asks, through the wise and loving kindness ot 
Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst, the co-operatinn of the architects and artists of every land and clime, in the prepara- 
tion of a plan for an ideal home of education. 

The purpose is to secure a plan to which all the buildings, that may be needed by the University in its 
future growth, shall conform. All the buildings that have been constructed up to the present time are to 
be ignored, and the grounds are to be treated as a blank space, to be filled with a single beautiful and harmo- 
nious picture as a painter fills in his canvas. 

The University of California was founded under an Act of the Congress of the United States, passed 
in 1862. It received a large land-grant and subsidies, and still receives, in addition, a yearly income from the 
United States. The charter of the University was granted to it by the State of California, in 1868, and a 
part of its income is derived from a tax of two cents on each ^100 of the taxable wealth of the State, which 
income is, of course, constantly increasing in amount. 

It will thus be seen that the University has both a National and State character. Its present re- 
sources are valued at about nine million dollars and, in addition to the revenue derived from part of such 



resources, it has a yearly income of about S40,ooo from the United States, and of about SsjO.OCo from the 
State tax. The University has trebled its number of students in six \Tars. It had -j-j-j, in 1891; it has 2300 
now, and it will probably have 5000 after ten years, which is the number ot students for whom the 
architectural plan should be calculated. 

The site of the University of California, at Berkeley, California, comprises two hundred and forty- 
live (245) acres of land, rising at first in a gentle and then in a holder slope from a height of about two hun- 
dred feet above the sea level to one of over nine hundred feet. It thus covers a range of more than seven 
bundled feet in altitude, while back of it the chain of hills continues to rise a thousand feet higher. 

It has a superb outlook over the Bay and City of San Francisco, over the neighboring plains 
and mountains, and the ocean. It is the desire of those who have charge of this enterprise, to treat the 
grounds and the buildings together, landscape gardening and architecture forming one composition, which will 
never need to be structurally changed in all the future history of the University. It is thought that the 
advantages of the site, whose bold slope will enable the entire mass of buildings to be taken in at a single coup- 
d'dil, will permit the production of an effect unique in the world, and that the architect who can seize the 
opportunity it offers, will immortalize himself. 

it is seldom in any age that an artist has had a chance to express his thought so freely, on so large a 
scale, and with such entire exemption from the influence of discordant surroundings. Here there will be at 
least twenty-eight buildings, all mutually related and, at the same time, entirely cut off from anythmg that 
could mar the effect of the picture. In fact, it is a city to be created,— a City of Learning, — in which there 
is to be no sordid or inharmonious feature. There are to be no dethiite limitations of cost, materials or style. 
All is to be left to the unfettered discretion of the designer. He is asked to record his conception of an ideal 
home for a University, assuming time and resources to be unlimited. He is to plan for centuries to come. 
There will doubtless be development of science in the future that will impose new duties on the University, 



and require alterations in the detailed arranjiement of its buildings, hut it is believed to be possible to secure 
a comprehensive plan so in harmony with the universal principles of architectural art, that there will be no 
more necessity of remodeling its broad outlines a thousand years lience than there would be of remodeling 
the Parthenon, had it come down to us complete and uninjured. 

in the great works of antiquity, the designer came first, and it was the business of the financier to 
find the money to carry out his plans. In the new building scheme of the University of California, it is the 
intention to restore the artist and the art idea to their old pre-eminence. The architect will simply design, 
others must provide the cost. 

About five million dollars have already been pledged for a beginning, and such a general desire to 
contribute has been manifested, that it is thought that all the funds required will be forthcoming as fast as 
the work can be carried on. 

Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst, widow of the late United States Senator George Hearst, and a lady well 
known for her interest in and taste for all things artistic, has provided ample funds for securing the archi- 
tectural plan. For this purpose she has appointed a Board of Trustees consisting of the Governor of the State, 
James H. Budd, representing the State ; one of the Regents of the University, J. B. Reinstein, represen- 
ting theBoard of Regents; and one of the Professors of the Faculty, William Carey Jones, representing the 
University." 

Following the Prospectus there was issued by the same authority, on December 3d, 1897, 

A Programme for an International Competition of Architects. 

Again quotation is made: 

"The City of Berkeley, near San Francisco, is situated on the shore of a large bay, called the Bay of 
San Francisco, nearly opposite the straits, known as the Golden Gate, which connects the bay with the 
Pacific Ocean. Resting against a mountainous background, the city is situated on a gentle slope, the rise 
increasing as it recedes from the bay. 



The location reserved tor the Univerbity begins about two miles east of tiie shore-line of the Bay, and 
extends beyond the city, on hilly ground. While the present entrance to the University grounds is at pres- 
ent Center street, on the western boundary, architects are free to provide other entrances, either for the 
principal apprcjach, or for side ones. 

There is a ferry from San Francisco to Berkeley, at the foot of University avenue, and a railroad from 
San Francisco to Berkeley, and other railroads. 

The perimeter of the grounds is irregular; their greatest length is about 1870 meters, extending almost 
due east and west, and their greatest width about 770 meters. 

The least altitude is 198 feet (60.3 m.), on the side nearest the shore of the Bay. the highest, r 64 feet 
(293.6 m.), making a difference in the level of. 766 feet (233-3 m.) (The English foot .3046 m.) 

In the groLUids there are two brooks, which join before leaving the grounds. 

The grounds are partly planted with beautiful trees. 

The soil is generally firm and nffers no particular difficulties for foundations. 

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The general scheme will comprise: 
1st. Provision for the general and collective purposes comniDii 1 1 all the departments, as follows: 
Administration, 
University Library, 
University Museum, 
Auditoriums, 
Military Establishment. 
Gymnasia, 
Printing Establishment, 



Habitation, 
Club Houses, 
Infirmary, 

Approach and Communication. 
2d. Buildings for all things pertaining to the general service of the several departments, Such as 
central power, heat and light station, postal, telephone and telegraph systems, etc. 

4d. The Departments of Instruction, so far contemplated, number fifteen, and the buildings for their 
accommodation differ much as to their relative size and importance. 



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The preceding directions are intended to give a general idea of the scope and character of the Univer- 
sity, and are not intended to control the details of the plan of the architect, especially in the preliminar\- 

competition. 

The distribution of the groups on the grounds, as well as their respective proportions, are left to the 

judgment of the architects. 

There are no limitations on the materials to be used. California abounds in beautiful and durable 

building stones. 

The attention of the competing architects is particularly called to the importance of a monumental and 
artistic aspect of tlie roofs. Indeed, the marked declivity of the ground creates special conditions of per- 
spective, and the spectator, placed on the summit of the grounds, uill have the view ot the roofs on succes- 
sive lower elevations. 

The superb panorama of the Ba>- of San Francisco can be seen from the grounds at the altitude 
thereon of about 260 English feet." 



A Regent's View. 

AGAIN, in the present year comes a furiher discussion of the Universit\' and its prospects in a valuable 
address by Regent J. B. Rt-instein before a special meetinc; of the Regents of the University on January 
15, 1898. 

The following extracts are chosen: 

"No State University can, nor should it hope for success without state pride, dignity and patriotism, 
and, therefore, a thorough-going, deep and ardent appreciation of the state and a glowing belief in its future 
greatness is precedent of all other means for the welfare of this State University. Only a great Stale can 
have a great State University . 

Not without reason did the gifted Seward say, in the debates on the admission of this State into the 
Union on September 9th, 1850, "The unity of our empire hangs on the dedsion of this day." 

Nor thoughtlessly did Benton and Calhoun and Seward prophes\- that the theatre of luturr civiliza- 
tion was to be the Pacific and not the Atlantic ocean. 

Nor is this a destiny of the far future. It is here, now , at hand. No longer do events move with 
leaden feet; the very forces of nature are chained to the car of civilization and progress. The stroke of a 
pen, the push of a button, and tremendous social, industrial and militar\' wars come with the speed and 
power of the thunderbolt, with continents in conflict, with worlds at clash and nations for stakes. 
The University, Past, Present and Future. 

Let us see what it has been, is, and may become: 

There was a University of California, which, though it was gathering strength while it slept, was yet 
a sleeping giant, unconscious of its powers and purposes, and sluggish tow:ird both. That University is 
no more. 

There is a new University of California awakened to nobler aiuj higher purposes, keenl\- alive to its 
superb destiny, and thrilling with new consciousness and fuller :ippreciation of its e.xalted mission, its e.\- 
panding life, its glorious opportunities. 



Within the past few' years the state has taken effective steps to direct ahd control the public education 
throughout the State. 

The State's appropriation for the University has been doubled without a dissenting vote, at a time 
when econoim- was forced on e\'erv representati\'e. 
The Phebe Hearst Architectural Plan of the University. 

Not only has this competition shown this University broad enough to seek and take the best from 
every land and nation, but almost as a direct result from it, and partly through the same generosity, the 
University within a few months will show to the world that great nations like France may be interested by 
this University to do an almost national service in the arts of architecture, painting and sculpture. 

This competition has resulted already- in a great advantage to the nation, the State and this Uni\ersity. 

These things have not happened by chance. There iias not been one thing which was not planned 
and wrought." 

These quotations have been made to indicate what must be in store for Berkeley. The upbuilding of 
the University can have but one effect upon its surrounding town, and that is to make it expand and grow 
corresponding!')-. 

The future of the town of Berkeley is thus assured. There can be no steps backward. The advance 

is sounded. 

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Institution for the Deaf and the Blind. 

Next to the University in point of interest and importance in Berkeley is this great State establishment. 
Lying on the breast of the hills at the south-east corner of the town, it has served for thirtv^ years as a 
haven and hope to thousands of helpless and afflicted ones. 



Few institutions of the i<iiul in the world surpass tliis in tlie work accomplisheJ, and none can boast a 
f.ruvr site, or an equipment more nearly perfect. 

One man, it's Superintendent since 1865, Professor Warring Wilkin^nn, has made it wliat it is tn-day. 

A Residence Town. 

Berkeley as a town is essentially one of residences. From high on tlif hills above the University to 

the waters of the bay are homes, homes, homes. 

Well graded and macadamized streets traverse the territory from north to south and from east to west, 
separated by easy intervals. Clean cement sidewalks offer comfortable means for going on foot, while the 
roadways are smooth and just hard enough to make riding a pleasure. 

Gardens bloom all the year round. Rose and heliotrope blossoms are almost as abundant in iJecem- 
ber as in June. Fruit trees thrive and every one may have his own orchard, \\ ith little il an\' 
care for its growth. Winds do not blight, frosts do not nip, nor do summer heats burn. 
Access. 

ALL THE WORLD will come to San Francisco, and all the world must learn there of Berkele.w 

The best ferry system that any country can boast has been established between the metropolitan city 
and the eastern shore of the bay. Boats ply from early morning to late at night, at intervals of but thirt\' 
minutes for most of that time. Quick moving trains of comfortable cars steam promptly from the pier out 
to the Berkeley hills, distributing passengers at a dozen stations along the line. Single fares for this trip 
(about eleven miles from city to town) are but ten cents, while commutation tickets for each month, 
allowing one round trip each day, are sold for three dollars. 

As, however, many visitors come to Berkeley from or through the neighboring city of Oakland (about 
five miles to the south) some excellent electric street car lines are operated, giving quick and frequent transit 
between the two places. 



Under favorable conditions the electric trip between Oakland and Berkeley can be made in about 
twenty minutes. The trip to San Francisco consumes about forty-five minutes. 

These car lines traverse the town through its central zone from north to south. 

gp^-vv^een east and west, a horse car service is m.aintained to accommodate the travel between 
the shore and the hillside. 
Business. 

At convenient centers, principally at the stations alone the railroad, are gathered stores for the distri- 
bution of supplies of all kinds. The material needs of the community are thus provided for. 

Along the shore are some busy factories from whose yards both cars and boats are kept moving, carry 
ing tons of goods to ready markets abroad. 

Lumber comes directly to the shore from the northern forests, whence it is distributed throughout the 
town by a never-resting line of delivery w agons. 
Banks. 

The Commercial Bank offers a ready medium for conducting the financial exchanges of Beil.e:ey, 
while the Berkeley Bank of Savings is a safe and carefully managed institution for facilitating the invest- 
ment of idle funds. 
No Cemetery. 

Berkeley people have not taken any steps to provide a cemetery, and 11. e probability is that, unless 
something happens to largely increa'-'e the death rate, tley never will. A cemetery may be a 
I'ood thin" to have, but Berkeley does very well without one. Tu die in Berkeley roes not seem to be popular. 



Churches. 

Abiiiit c\fry dt-iiomiiiation has some represt-iitation or oi'i^aiii/ation, and soiiic- ha\'e etiifices. Aniong 
oLir pktLirt's can he seen nearly all the cluircli bulkiini;s. while se\'eral. not now under a roof of their oun, 
hope soon to he as well pro\ided. 

Schools. 

The piihlic schools are well at the head of those in the State. The intimate association with the Uni" 
versity and the opportunities thus afforded have enabled the edLicational hoard of the town to make great 
strides and put the schools upon a hii;h and advanced plane. 

Politics. 

The Town of Berkeley contains much political material, somewhat unequally distributed howe\er as 
regards general or national issues. 

In presidential elections it can be cmuited upon to cast an overwhelming \ote for the Republican 
n jminee at the head of the national ticket. Upon State questions it is also sure to be found on the same ^ 

side, but in local affairs partisanship has thus far been e.\cluded. 

The Government 

Of the Town of Berkeley is vested in a Board of Trustees, of se\en members, under the authority of 
a special ch.irter, granted by the LegislatLire of the State in 1895. Co-operating with this body is a Board 
of tducation of the same number, together with a .set of e.xecutive officers who carry on the practical work 
of tax collecting and distributing. 

The men at this time in office are all e.vperienced and successful in various lines of occupation, and the 
results to the community are beneficial in the e.xtreme. Few cities in California or in any other State are so 
well governed and conducted as is the Town of Berkelew 



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It is deemed worth while to display in this work the names of the gentlemen now piloting the destinie 
of Berkeley. 



Board of Trustees. 

J. W. Richards, President; W. H. Marston, L. J. LeConte, A. R. hrame, J. H. Bennett, C. D. 
Maloney, C. Hoff. 

Board of Education. 

P. R. Boone, President: G. M. Robertson, E. J. Wickson, H. L. Tisdale, J. S. Crew, E. F. Niehaus, 
C. Engebretsen. 

City Officials. 

Clerli, M. L. Hanscom; Treasurer and Tax Collector, John Squires; Assessor, I. W. Wells; 
Marshal, Rxchaxd Uoyd; Deputy Marshals, C. T . Kerns and F. S. Rawson; Attornev, Brewton A. 
Hayne; Engineer, Charles L. Huggins; Superintendent of Schools, F. E. Perham; Superintendent of 
Streets, 0\iy H. QA\\cW, Deputy Superintendent of Streets, h W. Striker; //f^///// Officer, H. N. Rowell; 
Sanitary Inspector, F. Thompson; Fire Chief, James Kenney. 



Climatic Tables, from the "UniversityChronicle." 

T1:N-YI;aK .M1;.\NS (1887, June 30—1897. JiiiK- ;,o). 



July .\ug. Sept. Oct. 



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.Mininuini I 53 

C">reiitest Daily Variation [ 28 

Least Dailv X'ariation ! 8 



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